“The jQuery module will allow people to use jQuery and its plugins in their templates without worrying about the location of the jQuery files. This way developers have access to jQuery in a secure way from just about anywhere in EE’s template engine.”

CodeIgniter and jQuery

// Effect: fade a div into view
$this->javascript->fade_in("div");
// Event: set up a click to show a submenu
$this->javascript->click("#button",
$this->javascript->hide(".submenu");
);
// Plugin: using a jQuery plugin
$this->jquery->tablesorter();

Personally, I’m excited to see the new EE, and the news of the addition of the built-in jQuery module just whets my appetite even more. I can’t wait to see how this is actually implemented.

Do you use jQuery as your javascript library of choice when working with ExpressionEngine? How do you think the added jQuery support will affect the way you code in ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter? Tell us about it in our comments.